Is it the future of the Democrats?
I hope so, because if so, it means, finally, the death of this old horrific, racist, and now totalitarian political party.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
Penn Jillette
An interesting candid interview, with bonus knowledgable commentary on the crudeness of Trump.
[Update late afternoon]
Sorry about originally misspelling his name “Gillette.” Guess it’s because I’ve always thought he was a pretty sharp guy.
Richard Spencer
The Great White Culture War
An important piece from David French.
On a related note, it occurs to me that one could probably find things that Hitler said about the Jews that are analogous to things that the current leftist fascists say about whites (and Jews).
Chicago’s Crime
It’s time to hold Democrats responsible. But the media won’t.
And as Glenn says, if Trump were to use the Insurrection Act to do something about it with federal troops, the media would call him a dictator.
I heard a Democrat give the standard line this morning that this is about lack of gun control, not in Chicago, but in the surrounding areas, and that (of course!) the only solution is nationwide gun control, to keep the guns out of Chicago. Unfortunately for this “argument,” we aren’t seeing these levels of violence in Gary, or Milwaukee, or even Detroit, which have just as much access to those same guns.
[Late-morning update]
As dozens are killed or wounded in Chicago, Illinois celebrates “Barack Obama Day.”
Poetic Justice
In which another male #MeTooer gets to live in a world he helped to create.
“Liberals”
Michael Barone ponders why they’re opposed to freedom of conscience.
The answer is simple. They’re not, and have never been, liberals.
Suicide Of The West
If you have an hour or so, an interesting discussion between Nick Gillespie and Jonah Goldberg.
Andrea Rich
RIP, to a long-time stalwart of the libertarian movement.
Sarah Jeong
Her hire by the NYT editorial board seems to have become the story of the day. Thoughts from Robbie Soave.
[Friday-afternoon update]
The New York Times stands by its decision to hire Josef Stalin as part of its editorial board.
I have to say that the Babylon Bee is giving The Onion a run for its money lately.
[Bumped]
[Update a few minutes later]
No, it wasn’t just a few hateful tweets. She seems like kind of an awful person. And hey, NYT, you want more Trump? Because this is how you get more Trump.
[Update a couple minutes later]
And more thoughts from Andrew Sullivan. Yes, she is a racist, easily recognizable as such by anyone not insanely leftist. Or if she’s not, she certainly does a great impersonation.
[Update Saturday morning]
Jim Treacher: The NYT has the right to hire racists. Yes, they’re finally being more transparent.
[Sunday-morning update]
Sarah Jeong is a sign of something very wrong with the Left:
Jeong was just exploring the space of this privileged position, secure that she could say just about anything without fear of blowback. Indeed, she had many defenders who refused to even acknowledge the possibility of another point of view about what she’d said. When you start from the premise that one group of people can’t be offended, you naturally wind up at the conclusion that anyone who says otherwise is being dishonest.
And that, leftists, is how you get more Trump. I’ve observed for decades that white men, and particularly Christians, is the last acceptable form of bigotry. Except they’re not accepting it any more.